Control of Collection Efficiency for Axial Flow Cyclone Dust Collectors with Fixed Guide Vanes and with Funnel Shaped Exit Pipes

The experimental result of the collection efficiency of the axial flow cyclone with the fixed guide vanes is lower than that with the tangential inlet pipe to the cyclone body due to the weak angular momentum transfer given by flowing through the guide vanes. However, one of the interesting points is the control of the collection efficiency depended on the funnel shaped exit pipes. The collection efficiencies for these funnel shaped exit pipes are depended on the Froude number. Then, in this paper, the experimental results of the pressure drop and also the collection efficiency using the fly-ash particles and also the comparison of the calculated results of the collection efficiency with the experimental results are described i~ detail.

On the Pressure Drop and the Velocity Distribution in the Cylindrical Vortex Chamber with Two Inlet Pipes for the Control of Vortex Flow

Vortex flow is applied to a cyclone dust collector, a vortex combustion chamber, and a vortex diode for vortex control. In order to apply the vortex flow to the industries, it is necessary to keep the stable flow condition and to estimate the response time of the transient flow process and also the intensity of the vortex flow. For control vortex flow, two types of vortex chamber with two inlet pipes were designed. One of them is to promote the vortex flow named as Co-Rotating Flow System and another one is to hinder the vortex flow named as Counter-Rotating Flow System. The pressure drops and the velocity distributions were measured for these vortex chambers. The estimation of the tangential velocity by the application of the angular momentum flux is compared with the measured velocity by a cylindrical Pitot-tube. The characteristics of the total pressure drop could be explained by introducing the circulation.

Spin-up and Spin-Down Times of Rotational Air Flow Depended on Mean Air Velocity and Surface Roughness on Inner Surface in Cylindrical Vortex Chamber

The spin-up time TA in the spin-up process and spin-down time TD in the spin-down process of rotational air flow in the cylindrical vortex chamber with three kinds of the artificial surface roughness were investigated. One of the most different characteristics between the smooth and rough surface conditions was the spin-down time TD. Also the transient response of the tangential velocity on the spin-up process was analyzed numerically and this result was compared with the experimental results. The above stated results are reported here in detail.

Damped Oscillation of Liquid Column in Vertical U-Tube for Newtonian and non-Newtonian Liquids

Damped oscillation of Newtonian liquid in a vertical U-tube is one of the well known phenomena and the solution of this liquid motion for the laminar flow regime in the circular pipe was solved, however, generally speaking, even if the period of the oscillational motion by this solution is nearly coincided with that of the experimental result, the estimation of the damped oscillational process with lapse of time by the solved equation is not in agreement with that of the experimental result. Therefore basing upon the experimental results of the velocity distributions of the oscillational motion in the circular U-tube for the Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids, the velocity distribution of the Bingham plastic flow is assumed. The solutions of the damped oscillation and also of the vertical falling and rising velocities of the free surface in the vertical U-tube of the diameters D= 10mm, 20mm and 40mm are compared with water and water-glycerine solution for the Newtonian liquids and the acrylic co-polymer solutions for the non-Newtorlian liquid. The comparisons of these solved equations by the new flow model are shown in good agreement with the experimental results. The above stated results are described in detail.

Estimation of the Radial Distribution of the Tangential Velocity in a Vortex Chamber

The estimation of maximum tangential velocity becomes a very important factor for the estimation of performancesof the vortex chamber. In this paper, a proposed flow model of how to estimate the maximum tangential velocity inthe special form of the vortex chamber is described in detail. The pressure drop basing upon the rapid expansion byflowing from the inlet pipe into the cyclone body is estimated as half of the dynamic pressure in the inlet pipe.

Estimations of the Maximum Tangential Velocity V_(θm) in the Vortex Core Region and also the Mean Rotational Velocity V_(oi) near the Concave Wall Surface in the Returned Flow Type Cyclone Dust Collector

There are many types of cyclone dust collectors for separating the fine solid and dust particles from gases in the various industries and also in the home used purposes. For estimating the power loss and the collection efficiency, one of the most important factors is the maximum tangential velocity V0m in the vortex core region in the cyclone body. In order to determine V0~ by the simple method, it is useful to apply the mechanical balance of the angular momentum fluxes under the assumption of Ogawa combined vortex model which is composed of the quasi-forced vortex in the vortex core region and also the quasi-free vortex surrounded the vortex core region and also under the assumption of the introduction of equivalent length Heq corresponding to the cone spaces of the cyclone body and the dust bunker. On the other hand, the mean rotational velocity Voi near the concave wall surface is also estimated by the mechanical balance of angular momentum fluxes with the moment of viscous friction force. For confirming the general applications of the obtained equations, the returned flow types cyclones changed the throat diameter D3 are designed. The material of the cyclone is the transparent acrylic resin. Therefore the inner surface of the cyclone body can be regarded as smooth surface. The comparisons of the measured velocities V~ and Voi by a cylindrical Pitot tube are shown in good agreement with those of the proposed equations. The above stated results are described in detail.

Application of Mechanical Similarity Laws to the Collection Efficiencies of Geometrically Types of Uni-Flow Cyclone Dust Collectors

From the mechanical similarity point of view, the centrifugal effect, Ar, and the Stokes number, St, as well as the Reynolds number, Re_c for the motion of solid particles in the cyclone are the relevant parameters. In order to apply these similarity laws for the prediction of the characteristics of the collection efficiency, ηc, geometrically similar types of uni-flow cyclones were used. The body diameters of the cyclones were D_1=30, 50, 69 and 99 mm, respectively. The feed particle concentration of the fly-ash particles was up to C_o = 60g/m^3. From the experimental results: (1) the pressure drop, △pc, in the cyclones was a function of not only the Reynods number, Re_c, but also the body diameter, D_1; (2) the collection efficiency, η_c, did not always increase with decreasing body diameter but there existed an optimal body size; (3) application of the mechanical similarity laws to the collection efficiency was not always sufficient for estimating the collection efficiency, since the feed particle concentration was an additional important factor; (4) a new parameter which was the ratio, E_(pf), of the apparent separation energy, W_p, of the solid particles to the energy loss, E_c, of the gas flow in the cyclone was introduced for discussing the collection efficiency; (5) Fuchs theory, used to estimate the collection efficiency, was examined. Fuchs theory may be applied for high feed particle concentration.

Contributions of the Secondary Jet to the Tangential Velocity Distribution and to the Collection Efficiency of the Fixed Guide Vane Type Axial Flow Cyclone Dust Collector

In order to control the maximum tangential velocity V?m(m/s)of the turbulent rotational air flow and the collection efficiencyηc(%)using the fly ash of the mean diameter X R50=5.57?m,two secondary jet nozzles were installed to the body of the axial flow cyclone dust collector with the body diameter D1=99mm.Then in order to estimate V?m(m/s),the conservation theory of the angular momentum flux with Ogawa combined vortex model was applied.The comparisons of the estimated results of V?m(m/s)with the measured results by the cylindrical Pitot-tube were shown in good agreement.And also the estimated collection efficienciesηcth(%)basing upon the cut-size Xc(?m)which was calculated by using the estimated V?m(m/s)and also the particle size distribution R(Xp)were shown a little higher values than the experimental results due to the re-entrainment of the collected dust.The best method for adjustment ofηc(%)related to the contribution of the secondary jet flow is principally to apply the centrifugal effect?c(1).Above stated results are described in detail.